Characterization of U/Pu particles originating from the nuclear weapon accidents at Palomares, Spain, 1966 and Thule, Greenland, 1968

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 376, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 294-305

  Lind, O C ^a   Salbu, B ^a   Janssens, K ^b   Proost, K ^b   Garcia Leon M ^c   Garcia Tenorio R ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Element and isotope ratios; Micro XANES; Micro XRF; Synchrotron radiation; U Pu particles

Indexed keywords

BOMBERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; WEATHERING; X RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY;

ISOTOPE RATIOS; MICRO-XANES; U/PU PARTICLES; WEATHERING RATES;

RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS;

OXIDE; PLUTONIUM; URANIUM;

ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; NUCLEAR WEAPON; POLONIUM; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; URANIUM; WEATHERING RATE; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION KINETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SPAIN; SYNCHROTRON; WEATHERING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GREENLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NUCLEAR WARFARE; PLUTONIUM; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; PALOMARES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; THULE;

EID: 33947180353     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.050     Document Type: Article

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